Let's talk about the problems in Australia for a change!

[Bomb#20]

Qld would be great if it were not for all the banana benders there! And no to rugby.
Reminds me of the old joke.
Q: What is the only reason Queensland tolerates NSW?
A: Keeps Victoria further away.

That's the craziest thing I ever heard. Victoria is just about the most charming place on earth, on top of which, Queensland is smack dab between Victoria and NSW!

 

[Politesse]

That's called an Acklay. Acklays are amphibious reptilian crustaceans, with six deadly claws and razor-sharp teeth. Originally native to the planet Vendaxa, a vigorous underground smuggling market has brought them to many planets throughout the outer rim for use in recreational arena fighting and public executions. The Republic half-heartedly tried to curb this market, but as Acklays were also highly prized by Galactic elites for their private menageries, there was always a financial incentive to look the other way on Vendaxa itself.

Thank you. It must be terribly painful for you, to wake up every day knowing these facts. Is there a recipe for them?

Wookiepedia is a much better storage place for trivia than my brain, I assure you. But I am a Jedi, after all. Knowledge is a Light and pleasant burden.

(And there is in fact a pretty good recipe for Roasted Acklay Claws in the Ultimate Cookbook: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Ultimate_Cookbook)

 

[Patooka]

That's called an Acklay. Acklays are amphibious reptilian crustaceans, with six deadly claws and razor-sharp teeth. Originally native to the planet Vendaxa, a vigorous underground smuggling market has brought them to many planets throughout the outer rim for use in recreational arena fighting and public executions. The Republic half-heartedly tried to curb this market, but as Acklays were also highly prized by Galactic elites for their private menageries, there was always a financial incentive to look the other way on Vendaxa itself.

Thank you. It must be terribly painful for you, to wake up every day knowing these facts. Is there a recipe for them?

Wookiepedia is a much better storage place for trivia than my brain, I assure you. But I am a Jedi, after all. Knowledge is a Light and pleasant burden.

(And there is in fact a pretty good recipe for Roasted Acklay Claws in the Ultimate Cookbook: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Ultimate_Cookbook)

I'm fucking fuming Disney hasn't done a live action show of Wraith Squadron.

Rest in Power Aaron Allston.

 

[Elixir]

(And there is in fact a pretty good recipe for Roasted Acklay Claws in the Ultimate Cookbook:

Claws? You’re going to kill this magnificent 10,000 lb beast so you can roast its CLAWS?? I might try some backstrap, but -
Claws?

 

[Politesse]

(And there is in fact a pretty good recipe for Roasted Acklay Claws in the Ultimate Cookbook:

Claws? You’re going to kill this magnificent 10,000 lb beast so you can roast its CLAWS?? I might try some backstrap, but -
Claws?

The rest is pretty toxic to eat, is the problem. The hide/chitin and sinew is usable for lots of stuff, though.

I note that the recipe itself suggests lobster claws as a suitable Earth substitute if you can't get Acklay, so the notion is not without local culinary precedent. An Acklay claw feeds a lot more people, though.

 

[WAB]

(And there is in fact a pretty good recipe for Roasted Acklay Claws in the Ultimate Cookbook:

Claws? You’re going to kill this magnificent 10,000 lb beast so you can roast its CLAWS?? I might try some backstrap, but -
Claws?

The rest is pretty toxic to eat, is the problem. The hide/chitin and sinew is usable for lots of stuff, though.

I note that the recipe itself suggests lobster claws as a suitable Earth substitute if you can't get Acklay, so the notion is not without local culinary precedent. An Acklay claw feeds a lot more people, though.

And I imagine for Acklays we would need an awfully large pot to boil them in? And outrageous tubs of melted butter? And a truly enormous nutcracker? Best stick with lobsters...

 

[spikepipsqueak]

Roast them in a hole in the ground, hangi-style.

Sledge hammer to crack them, you're going to be working with other big tools anyway.

Hold your Ackley roast in conjunction with one of those butter sculpting competitions. Let nothing go to waste.

Sorted.

 

[TSwizzle]

Australia is fucked

Australia's prime minister has been heckled during an event at a Sydney mosque marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Anthony Albanese and Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke were at Lakemba Mosque - one of the largest in Australia - after being invited by community leaders to attend Eid prayers on Friday morning, local time. Several attendees accused the pair of being "genocide supporters", shouting "boo" and "get out of here" as a mosque leader gave a speech calling for the government to better engage with Muslim Australians. There is deep upset within much of Australia's Muslim community over the government's response to the Israel-Gaza war and rising Islamophobia at home. After the speech finished, the prime minister made his way out of the mosque through the crowds and continued to be shouted at by several people, with one asking: "Why is he here? Get him out of here! It's a disgrace".

Friday's incident is not the first time politicians have received mixed receptions at Eid events in recent years, with critics saying the religious celebrations should not involve politics. During last year's federal election campaign, Jason Wood - from the conservative Liberal Party - had to be escorted out of an Eid event after he was heckled at a Melbourne mosque.

BBC

Of course, the BBC is downplaying just how ugly this incident really was.

 

[Elixir]

“Several attendees accused the pair”
Ergo, Australia is fucked.

On second thought,
“Friday's incident is not the first time politicians have received mixed receptions”.
Yes, Australia is fucked.
Preserve us from mixed receptions, Uncle Donald!

the BBC is downplaying just how ugly this incident really was

Which you know. How? You were there?

 

[Patooka]

Australia is fucked

Australia's prime minister has been heckled during an event at a Sydney mosque marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Anthony Albanese and Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke were at Lakemba Mosque - one of the largest in Australia - after being invited by community leaders to attend Eid prayers on Friday morning, local time. Several attendees accused the pair of being "genocide supporters", shouting "boo" and "get out of here" as a mosque leader gave a speech calling for the government to better engage with Muslim Australians. There is deep upset within much of Australia's Muslim community over the government's response to the Israel-Gaza war and rising Islamophobia at home. After the speech finished, the prime minister made his way out of the mosque through the crowds and continued to be shouted at by several people, with one asking: "Why is he here? Get him out of here! It's a disgrace".

Friday's incident is not the first time politicians have received mixed receptions at Eid events in recent years, with critics saying the religious celebrations should not involve politics. During last year's federal election campaign, Jason Wood - from the conservative Liberal Party - had to be escorted out of an Eid event after he was heckled at a Melbourne mosque.

BBC

Of course, the BBC is downplaying just how ugly this incident really was.

In case anyone is wondering, yes this is another Swizzle Fizzle. It was nowhere near the drama he's making it out to be. It was literally a handful of hecklers in a gathering of thousands. I'd be surprised if there were zero hecklers to be honest.

But I can understand why Swiz has difficulty understanding the concept of free speech considering he believes gassing 80 year olds at a protest is perfectly normal.

 

[bilby]

If the day comes when an Australian PM can address a large crowd without being heckled, then we will be truly fucked.

That would imply either that the PM was able to control who was in his audiences to a terrifying degree; or that Australians were either perfectly united behind their PM, or too scared to speak up, which is perhaps an even more terrifying thought.

I don't foresee any of those things happening here any time soon.

 

[spikepipsqueak]

I do love that some of the Jews hate him and some of the Muslims hate him.

By my metric that means he's probably getting it right.

Wouldn't be in his shoes for quids, though.

 

[bilby]

Just before the last federal election, a poster appeared on the busway bridge over Ipswich Road near the PA Hospital. It's still there (or was a couple of days ago when I last passed it). It has a picture of a hammer and sickle, and the words:

ALBO IS OUR BIDEN

I am still trying to work out whether this is intended as support for, or an attack on, Albo.

There's a clear hint that whoever put it there thinks both men to be communists, but then, there are loony commies aplenty in Woolongabba and Buranda, so that doesn't help much.

Whoever put it there went to a lot of effort, as it's a really tricky spot to get to without scaffolding or a safety harness, which is presumably why it hasn't been removed.

ETA: It's on streetview:

 

[Tigers!]

Just before the last federal election, a poster appeared on the busway bridge over Ipswich Road near the PA Hospital. It's still there (or was a couple of days ago when I last passed it). It has a picture of a hammer and sickle, and the words:

ALBO IS OUR BIDEN

I am still trying to work out whether this is intended as support for, or an attack on, Albo.

There's a clear hint that whoever put it there thinks both men to be communists, but then, there are loony commies aplenty in Woolongabba and Buranda, so that doesn't help much.

You do not need to have them as communist to think that. The author thinks that both fellows are no-hopers and useless. I'll let you judge if they are correct.

Whoever put it there went to a lot of effort, as it's a really tricky spot to get to without scaffolding or a safety harness, which is presumably why it hasn't been removed.

ETA: It's on streetview:
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Acrobatic person to have got that there.

 

[Patooka]

You do not need to have them as communist to think that. The author thinks that both fellows are no-hopers and useless. I'll let you judge if they are correct.

Until Albo lies about being on the other side of the planet on holidays during bushfire season, I reckon he is significantly better than the pants shitting cunt he replaced. And I absolutely love how Dutton has fucked off into obscurity.

 

[Patooka]

Australia is fucked

Australia's prime minister has been heckled during an event at a Sydney mosque marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Anthony Albanese and Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke were at Lakemba Mosque - one of the largest in Australia - after being invited by community leaders to attend Eid prayers on Friday morning, local time. Several attendees accused the pair of being "genocide supporters", shouting "boo" and "get out of here" as a mosque leader gave a speech calling for the government to better engage with Muslim Australians. There is deep upset within much of Australia's Muslim community over the government's response to the Israel-Gaza war and rising Islamophobia at home. After the speech finished, the prime minister made his way out of the mosque through the crowds and continued to be shouted at by several people, with one asking: "Why is he here? Get him out of here! It's a disgrace".

Friday's incident is not the first time politicians have received mixed receptions at Eid events in recent years, with critics saying the religious celebrations should not involve politics. During last year's federal election campaign, Jason Wood - from the conservative Liberal Party - had to be escorted out of an Eid event after he was heckled at a Melbourne mosque.

BBC

Of course, the BBC is downplaying just how ugly this incident really was.

Again, it's worth pointing out how completely full of shit Swiz's post is, but a picture is worth a thousand words so here is the swam of hecklers;

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source

 

[Patooka]

The state of South Australia just had an election.

It was a fucking bloodbath for conservatives. It also a pretty interesting case study on preferential voting.

The primary votes were 38% Labor, 19% Liberal (I'm assuming the ABC meant Coalition - I find it difficult to believe Nationals would ignore an entire state) and 43% third party. When the votes and preferences were tallied, the results looked like this;


So One Nation is the Opposition in South Australia apparently. Not ideal. To put into context for non Australians, One Nation is pretty much "If Stephen Miller formed his own political party". Jordan Shanks (I've mentioned him before) had an interesting take on Eine Vaterland's sudden rise in influence. A billionaire mining magnate named Gina Reinhart has been dumping her money into the party recently and this is an indication of the new normal. The obvious other example is Musk but things have changed from billionaires influencing parties during elections to benefit themselves (Citizens United, Work Choices etc) to using political parties as their personal playthings to amuse themselves the way they used to buy Gulfstreams and Bentlys.

Anyways, good on South Australia for being woke.

Election map shows how One Nation became Labor's main opposition in much of Adelaide

Labor won the South Australian election in a landslide, but nationally, more attention has been on the undercard fight, which has left the Liberal Party deeply wounded.

www.abc.net.au

 

[bilby]

I'm assuming the ABC meant Coalition - I find it difficult to believe Nationals would ignore an entire state

As far as I can tell, the Nationals only put up candidates in five (of 47) seats, and competed against stronger Liberal candidates in all five, suggesting that in SA the coalition is basically nonexistent, and the National Party a literal handful of nobodies from the sticks (and in SA, a stick is a real stick).

For example, in the seat of Chaffey, where 19,518 voters occupy 30,124 sq.km, the Nationals candidate polled less than one sixth the primary vote that went to 'Informal':

This is the National's HTV:

They preference Aust. Family and one of the Independents, ahead of the Liberal Party.

 

[Politesse]

Australia is fucked

Australia's prime minister has been heckled during an event at a Sydney mosque marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Anthony Albanese and Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke were at Lakemba Mosque - one of the largest in Australia - after being invited by community leaders to attend Eid prayers on Friday morning, local time. Several attendees accused the pair of being "genocide supporters", shouting "boo" and "get out of here" as a mosque leader gave a speech calling for the government to better engage with Muslim Australians. There is deep upset within much of Australia's Muslim community over the government's response to the Israel-Gaza war and rising Islamophobia at home. After the speech finished, the prime minister made his way out of the mosque through the crowds and continued to be shouted at by several people, with one asking: "Why is he here? Get him out of here! It's a disgrace".

Friday's incident is not the first time politicians have received mixed receptions at Eid events in recent years, with critics saying the religious celebrations should not involve politics. During last year's federal election campaign, Jason Wood - from the conservative Liberal Party - had to be escorted out of an Eid event after he was heckled at a Melbourne mosque.

BBC

Of course, the BBC is downplaying just how ugly this incident really was.

Again, it's worth pointing out how completely full of shit Swiz's post is, but a picture is worth a thousand words so here is the swam of hecklers;

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source

My god, they look non-white objectively terrifying.

 

[bilby]

Again, it's worth pointing out how completely full of shit Swiz's post is, but a picture is worth a thousand words so here is the swam of hecklers;

Show

source

My god, they look non-white objectively terrifying.

Never mind their skin colour, there is something fundamentally wrong with any man who grows his beard, but shaves his moustache.